Being my first post I'm running the risk of offending many but here goes; Having read this thread it would seem that you are all afraid of simple mundain jobs?
My 53 plate freelander (60k) has been suffering an intermediate loss of power and today it just refused to start at all. I was heading in the direction of the fuel pump / filter anyway but just popped over to see if the freelander had a history in this particular area.
As an ex-Jaguar engineer i'm used to daft design ideas so in this respect i know no fear when it comes to these things:croc:unlike some
A thing that was made can be repaired, c'mon it's only a landie, how hard can it be?
Ok, this earth wire issue that some of you are wondering about. An educated guess would suggest that it may well be there to discharge surplus build up of static electricity to prevent damage to the expensive items further down the line. The static would be generated by the fuel as it journies through the rubber / plastic components of the pump & filter. I would probably not ignore this missing lead and re-connect the earth before having to replace an expensive set of injectors :doh: after all, it's only a teeny weeny little wire.
Anywho, its off to the filter shop tomorrow and then on Saturday i will show the little Landie who's the BOSS
:fighting2: No mercy!
All that those that have gone before with this filter thing and are mumbling along the lines of, jumped up..., what does he know, wait until you...
I have but one thing to say, I hope that my theory on the earth connector proves to be true and a filter will never defeat me, i'm much more stubborn than a landrover could ever be